South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2782
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News
Psychological therapies toolkit launched
The Department of Health has published a toolkit for improving access to psychological therapies.It aims to help primary care trusts implement National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on depression and anxiety disorders.
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HSJ Knowledge
The Corporate Manslaughter Act: a guide for boards and managers
The Corporate Manslaughter Act has come into force, opening NHS organisations to possible prosecution. Andy Hopkin explains how trusts can prepare themselves
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HSJ Knowledge
The Health and Social Care Bill - changing regulation
The new Health and Social Care Bill could radically change the way healthcare is regulated. Susan Thompson explains
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Three more ISTCs get green light
Three more phase two independent sector treatment centre schemes have been given the go-ahead by the Department of Health and Treasury's value for money reviews.
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Staffordshire ambulance safety warning
Staffordshire Ambulance Service trust took risks with the safety of patients, staff and volunteers, the Healthcare Commission has found.In an investigation covering April 2004 to June 2007, the commission found problems relating to the poor management of controlled drugs, emergency ambulance volunteers and its out-of-hours GP service.
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Working time directive concerns for junior doctors
The introduction of the European working time directive in August could hit junior doctor training, the British Medical Association has claimed.
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NHS Choices vision revealed
A report outlining the Department of Health's vision for the future of NHS Choices has been unveiled.
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HSJ Knowledge
A free ride?
Results and recommendations from the 2008 Spokes NHS Bicycle Mileage Survey
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HSJ Knowledge
Paediatric care pathways
TheCoventryand Warwickshire Maternity Services Network Group has developed three paediatric care pathways, for children with acute, life changing and life limiting conditions. Documents describing the pathways are now available to download from the Group's page in the NHS Networkshttp://www.networks.nhs.uk/cwmsng
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Leader
If it is this bad for staff, it is no wonder that patients complain
The annual Healthcare Commission staff survey has revealed a communication chasm between senior managers and staff.
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Leader
HSJ Awards: give your team something to celebrate
This week we launch the health service's annual celebration of excellence - the HSJ Awards.
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HSJ Knowledge
Expert witness immunity: in the interests of justice?
Should expert witnesses face sanctions if their testimony is found to be incorrect? Carolyn Wilson takes a closer look
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HSJ Knowledge
Waiting times are just so... 1950s
As waiting times hit an all-time low in the NHS, anecdotal evidence suggests a need to revise the view that waiting continues to be a substitute for prices as a rationing mechanism.
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Comment
Your Humble Servant celebrates a record profit for the NHS
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Bonanza
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HSJ Knowledge
Care quality data on mental health is too hard to pin down
Data about the care of people with mental illness in the independent sector is inadequate. The government must fix this before service users get lost in the system, say Anthony Deery and Veena Raleigh
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News
Patient safety tops list of complaints to Healthcare Commission
Patient safety has emerged as the biggest area of concern in complaints that are handled by the Healthcare Commission.
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Concern at slow response to review of brutal murder
The chair of an inquiry into the brutal murder of a man with learning disabilities has said she is 'hugely disappointed' by the NHS's failure to address the problems it identified.
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Gibb sues former employer
Rose Gibb, the former chief executive who received a £75,000 pay-off after presiding over a fatal infection outbreak, was prepared to 'stay and face the music', according to her trade union. She is suing her former employer for a further £175,000 plus interest, claiming she was forced to leave.
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DH poaches GP guarantee payments to fund pay rise
The Department of Health has begun its clawback of the controversial minimum practice income guarantee by accepting a pay recommendation for GPs that would give practices an average net increase of 0.2 per cent.The move came as other NHS staff groups were offered a three-year pay deal worth 2.75 per ...